Mark 12:1

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Summary

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

He began

Luke 22:9

A certain

Matthew 21:33

Luke 20:9

Planted

And set

Romans 9:4

And let

Song of Songs 8:11

Isaiah 7:23

And went

Bible References

He began

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

Then I said, "O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'"

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

"What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

He said, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"

A certain

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

Planted

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

I will sing to my love -- a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?

Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

"I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root,

And set

"You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel.

I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!

This is the man who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to you.

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

And let

The Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

At that time every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun with thorns and briers.

And went

It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

"For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.

Therefore he said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.